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title: How do I re-create a show file from my Display machine?
description: If you, for some reason, have lost your show file on your production computer it is possible to rebuild it from the files on your display machine.
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# How do I re-create a show file from my Display machine?

## If you, for some reason, have lost your show file on your production computer it is possible to rebuild it from the files on your display machine.

**Instructions**

1. Go to the display computer, find the folder where WATCHOUT is installed, and in that folder you will find a folder named "Shows".
2. In the Shows folder, you will find more folders, each with the name of a stored show. Open the folder for the show you wish to recover.
3. There, you will find a file named   Spec. Copy the Spec file to use for the recovery process.
4. Rename the Spec file DFC\_Data (no file extension)
5. Zip the file
6. Rename the resulting Zip file to Whatever.watch

 

Last Updated: 5 jun 2019 08:49

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